Zhou Yu (canoeist)

Zhou Yu (Chinese: 周玉; pinyin: Zhōu Yù; born 23 January 1989) is a Chinese sprint canoeist.[2][3] She won gold and silver medal in the women's kayak singles (both 200 and 500 m) at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[4][5] Zhou is also a member of Hunan Sports Club, there she is coached and trained by Wu Yubiao.[2]

Zhou Yu
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989
Liaoyang,[1] Liaoning, China
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
Event(s)Sprint canoe
ClubHunan Sports Club[2]
Coached byWu Yubiao[2]
Medal record
World Championships
2015 MilanK-1 500 m
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouK-1 500 m
2010 GuangzhouK-1 200 m
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.

Zhou represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in both the women's kayak singles and doubles. For her first event, the women's K-2 500 metres, Zhou and her partner Wu Yanan narrowly missed out of the Olympic medal in the A-final by nearly fourteen hundredths of a second (0.14) behind the Polish pair Karolina Naja and Beata Mikołajczyk, posting their time of 1:44.136.[6] Three days later, Zhou barely advanced to the semi-final rounds of the first ever women's K-1 200 metres, after finishing sixth and attaining a qualified time of 42.885 seconds in the heats.[7] Unfortunately, Zhou fell short in her bid for the final by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind Slovenia's Špela Ponomarenko, with a time of 42.279 seconds.[8]

References
  2. "Zhou Yu". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhou Yu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. "China's Zhou Yu wins women's kayak single 500m gold at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. "Asian Games: S'pore kayakers finish in top 10 of K1 and K2". Channel News Asia. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final A". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  7. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. "Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m Semifinal 1". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


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